St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-26
The Curiosity Of Pierce Has
Led Him to Talk Like a
BLACKBOARD.
The Manner in Which Black
Hills Towns Blossom Into
Existence.


last week, and. after the little unpleas-
antneSs that occurred in connection
with that. this week he failed to come
to time with the article he promised to
write each week, if the Pioneer Press
space held out. There was certainly
| plenty of extra space i'll the last Press,
but no second letter from Tyner. So
| Dakota may we'll weep and mourn over
| the fact that another good newspaper
man has been spoiled because he al
| lowed politics to get mixed up with his
| business. 1 have heard certain prOmi-
nent men of the territory say OF this
letter of Tyner'S. that it was, of itself,
| all right, but the way in which Tyner
| had backed down in the matter made it
| diSgraceful. The letter, taken per Sc,
was good one, and told some straight
truths, mixed i'll with lot of tatfy-
too much tatfy-but less could hardly
be expected from a military
gentleman. 1t is a pity-a genuine
pity-if Col. Tyner (Or whoever wrote
that letter. does not furnish us with
some more of them-lOts of them, as he
promised he would if the Press space
would hold Out-and it will do that, for the
Press has all the room it always
to swing itself. But 1 have been
thinking-what will Tyner have to say
Tor himself when he meets Gov. Church
for the first after this occurrence-wO t
he look rather sheepish? But one of
my friends suggests that probably he
! will have plenty of excuses and Il half
dozen stories" that will afford ways
for him to get out of it.
TYNER'S SECOND LETTER.
Col. Tyner i'll his second letter Gf it
is written this week. will probably take
back all he said about Allen, Palmer
and others being lively candidates, and
come out fer the leading man now
for congressional aSpiratiOnS|Gen
Campbell. Why not? Hash division
carried? Isn't Gen. Campbell at the
head of ''diyision?" But somebody says
that every man that voted for ''dlyi-
sion" would not vote for Campbell.
This may be true, but, at the same time
it does not disprove what L have said
about Campbeil's being the head-thef
fore and front of division" Was he
not the unanimous choice of the Huron
division convention for this place of
leader of the division forces? Has
he not borne the brunt of the division"
fights. and everywhere held the way
and has he not won the day? And who
will say that he shall not have his re-;
ward? | say unto you, Col. Tyner, and
| can say unto all of You who are max
ing up the Republican slate, Gen. Camp
bell is most formidable candidate for
the nomination of next falls convention.
He is the "StrOng man. the dark
horse" the winning card" all COM
bIned. He has already won the day, in
fact. The GLOBES cartoons have done it
for him.
Let me give little further evidence
on this point. Was not the last Repub-
lican convention held at YanktOn.
strong division convention? Was not
that the sentiment everywhere ex-
the division" senator, the chair
man of that convention? Who
will say that that convention
was not fOr division?" Now. was not
Campbell chosen unanimously for presi
dent of the division convention held
later at Huron, which was participated
in by all the leaders of the G.. o. L. in
this territory? With this array of facts
presented who will pretend to deny the
statement that Gen. Campbell is to-day
the most prominent candidate for CON
gress in the Republican party? and l
think that Gen. Tyner, in his second
letter, will bear me out in this.
THE LATER RETURNS.
But IHpTt cOIlcS klllu OIL DOIllD
shell into the division" camp of the
Republican party. in the shape of
later returns" OH the territorial vote.
1t may now be question whether the
Republican party will care to he known
as division party; and in this event
where will Campbell be- He may be
like to where Moses was 'when the
light went out" Late returns on
the last election from Bismarck
go to show that the result yet is in
doubt. and it may be that division
has not carried; and. if it has carried,
it will be by small majority. In the
latter event ''divisiOn" will only have
triumphed by the lack of Interest in the
election and the small vote cast. There
can be no doubt now, in the face of the
returns, that Dakota, taken as a whole,
is not in favor of ''diviSiOn.' The
were correct. Dakota would by far
rather be one influential state than two
small powers without great influence.
Now, with such facts as these staring
the Republicans in the face, it will be
serious question with them again
whether they indOrSe division" or not.
Their entire platform last year was an
Endorsement of the division cOnven-
ton at Sioux Falls. and division
on general principles. Will their plat
form next year be anything like that?
think not. if they value such thing
as success in the next campaign. If the
Republican party puts up strong divis-
ion man for delegate to congress next fall
just as sure as the fates he will be de-
feated, and it does not take man with
much of head on him to see this. in
view of the returns that are now i'm from
the late election on this question of
division" So much for Campbell and
what is known as his division move
ment. If both are not dead and buried
then the next Republican convention
will indorSe division; and Campbell
will be its candidate. Either one or the
other of these propositions is true.
PIERCE'S CURIOSITY DISSATISFIED.
Last week Pierce'S editorial space in
the supplement was nearly all devoted
to vain attempts to find out who the
''staff contributor" is. Whv does Pierce
want to know who l am? He makes fun
of my English and otherwise works
himself into rage as follows:
"A slanderer who is too big a coward
to give his name is not an unusual
product of this hemisphere, and yet one
would think, from the contributions of
the anonymous contributor of the
GLOBE. that there was something eX-
ceptionally brilliant in persons MUIR
dering the kings English and relating
state falsehOods under nom de plume.
While the feat is not exceeding diff
cult concealmento of his identity is the
brightest thing the GLOBE contributor
has done. BY all means let him keep his
name to himself"
Now this is too bad. | am not only
slanderer and liar, but haven't even
the taste to do my work in good English.
He makes the statement-he pours out
the bottles of his abuSe-but what
utterance of proof does he bring to
show that am guilty of Slandering him
by estate falsehoods?" Does he bring
the first one or attempt it? If he has,
would be pleased to have my attention